Musings on the convergence of baseball and politics...because,
"What is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?" Surely, Madison would have said the same of baseball.

Saturday, June 04, 2016

"I ain't got nothing against them Vietcong."

I remember on the eve of the first Ali-Frazier prize fight, everyone -- and I mean everyone -- took a side. You were for Ali or for Frazier. I don't know of any cultural event (it was way more than a mere sporting event) in which that's been the case. They were proxies for our societal chasm of the time.Rest in Peace.